Posts Tagged ‘Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence’
The Mercy of God on the Return of a Sinner
“If sin abounds in malice to destroy, grace superabounds to repair.” -St. Francis de Sales The entrance of sin takes away life from the heart and from all its good works; the entrance of grace restores life to the heart and to all its good works. A severe winter kills the plants of the field,…
Read MoreLove of Jesus for Sinners
Our Lord, the great and excellent physician of our infirmities, announced everywhere, before coming into this world, both His arrival and the maladies He would cure; sometimes by His prophets: “I will bind up that which was broken and I will comfort that which was weak. The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; to…
Read MoreThe Excellence of Abandonment to God
Abandonment is the virtue of virtues; it is the cream of charity, the fragrance of humility, the sweetness of patience, and the fruit of perseverance. Great is this virtue, and worthy of being practiced by the beloved children of God. “My Father,” says our good Savior on the cross, “into Thy hands I commend my…
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